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Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
