Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

He did not care a button for it.

He did not care a button for it.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.