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We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.