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An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.