Farewell, my children; remain always in the fear of the Lord. That temptation and tribulation which is to come is now at hand and happy shall they who persevere in the good they have begun. I hasten to go to our Lord, to whose grace I recommend you.
I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. My decision totally.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engend'red in the eyes, With gazing fed, and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies.
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
Death my lord, Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't That sure th' have worn out Christendom.
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.] [Lat., Ea molestissime ferre homines debent quae ipsorum culpa ferenda sunt.]
That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself! But the wallet of the person in front is carefully kept in view. [Lat., Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo! Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.]
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front he has hung a heavy one full of other people's. [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas. Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit; Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure; With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure.
It is a suggestive idea to track those worn feet backward through all the paths they have trodden ever since they were the tender and rosy little feet of a baby, and (cold as they now are) were kept warm in his mother's hand.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay Till the end o' the daay An the last load hoam.
To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.
You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.