To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

The best mirrour is an old friend.

The best mirrour is an old friend.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

Life like an empty dream flits by.

Life like an empty dream flits by.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.