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Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.