Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he...

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he...

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to...

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to...

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

I am a feather for each wind that blows

I am a feather for each wind that blows

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman.

She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it,...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it,...

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is...

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is...