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Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.