Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Warre is deaths feast.

Warre is deaths feast.