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With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.