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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.