The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.

Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.