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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
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.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.