Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

Every man makes a god of his own desire.

Every man makes a god of his own desire.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.