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One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]