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Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
