Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.

Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]