Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

Night is the mother of Councels.

Night is the mother of Councels.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

Physician, heal thyself.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.

He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

He comes not in my books.

He comes not in my books.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.