Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

We must every one be a man of his own fancy.

We must every one be a man of his own fancy.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.