But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.