He Can Do Most Who

The Gods Confound The Man Who First Found Out How To Distinguish Hours! Confound Him, Too, Who In This Place Set Up A Sun-dial, To Cut And Hack My Days So Wretchedly Into Small Portions.

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

There Is Indeed A God That Hears And Sees Whate'er We Do. [lat., Est Profecto Deus, Qui, Quae Nos Gerimus, Auditque Et Videt.]

Love Has Both Its Gall And Honey In Abundance: It Has Sweetness To The Taste, But It Presents Bitterness Also To Satiety.

We Should Try To Succeed By Merit, Not By Favor. He Who Does Well Will Always Have Patrons Enough. [lat., Virtute Ambire Oportet, Non Favitoribus. Sat Habet Favitorum Semper, Qui Recte Facit.]