Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.
In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.
We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.
It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction
Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.