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With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.