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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
