Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.