O Cromwell, Cromwell,
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, read more

O Cromwell, Cromwell,
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha read more

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed
me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

My heart is ever at your service, my lord.

My heart is ever at your service, my lord.

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. -Diogenes Laertius.

A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless.
I want to devote my limited life to read more

A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless.
I want to devote my limited life to serving the people
limitlessly.

The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your
lordship.

The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your
lordship.

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat read more

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.

And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, read more

And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me
over in my grey hairs.

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).