Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.

A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

The rose is often found near the nettle.

The rose is often found near the nettle.