Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more

She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.