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Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
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 market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
