Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.