Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.

There is no evil without its compensation.

There is no evil without its compensation.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

For man is man, and master of his fate.

For man is man, and master of his fate.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.