Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

They make a desert and they call it peace.

They make a desert and they call it peace.