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A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly read more
The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly dear.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.