We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

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.

He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.

He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.