Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Gods, that never change their state, vary oft their love and hate.
What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
With wisdom fraught; not such as books, but such as practice taught.
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!