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Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?