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Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.