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'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.