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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
