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The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.