A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
George Edward Herbert.
“Do well and right and let the world sink.”
“A cheerful look makes a dish a feast”
“He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.”
“You must lose a fly to catch a trout.”
“The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”
“Show me a liar and I will show thee a thief.”
“What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our inv...”
“Welcome death quoth the rat when the trap fell.”
“That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine.”