God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.

Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.

I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
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I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.

Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]

Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]