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The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.