What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.