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I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
