What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.

She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Demons in act, but gods at least in face.

Demons in act, but gods at least in face.