Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

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.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.

Wine and women bring misery.

Wine and women bring misery.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

The far-off interest of tears.

The far-off interest of tears.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.