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To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!