Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

As you sow, so shall you also reap.

As you sow, so shall you also reap.

The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.

The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.