If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

I sit within a helmless bark.

I sit within a helmless bark.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more

The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]

An old friend is a new house.

An old friend is a new house.

Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did read more

Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did him know.

All things require skill, but an appetite.

All things require skill, but an appetite.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.