This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Every man can master a grief but he that has it.

Every man can master a grief but he that has it.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

One mouth doth nothing without another.

One mouth doth nothing without another.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.

One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.

Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.

Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.