All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!
Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.
Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.