The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.

Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

When war begins, then hell openeth.

When war begins, then hell openeth.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.