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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.
