Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.
Shoulder-to-shoulder, swing to the work, we must - just two as we are - if we hope to make some headway. The worst cowards, banded together, have their power, but you and I have got the skill to fight their best.
We men are wretched things.
But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.