The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath read more

O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God
reward him. If I do grow great, read more

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God
reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge,
and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!

You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will read more

You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.

And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.

And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness;
guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness read more

The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness;
guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into
cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.

Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend.

Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend.