An injury may prove a blessing.

An injury may prove a blessing.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

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.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

The question is yet before the court.

The question is yet before the court.