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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
