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The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,
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Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.