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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.