Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

He that blames would buy.

He that blames would buy.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.

If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.