Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.

For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined read more

The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.