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Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).
Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.
Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The read more
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dew drop from the Sun.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle.
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not read more
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not to be his slaves.
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, read more
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.
God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served
him, he would never have read more
God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served
him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.