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With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
