“Obey thy parents, keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. * * * Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy pen from lenders' books.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 223 of 303
“it is not enough to speak, but to speak truee”
“Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.”
“Give it an understanding, but no tongue.”
“Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.”
“Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves.”
“Press not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue: His faults lie open to the laws; let them, Not you, correct him.”
“Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.”
“Trust not my reading, nor my observations, Which with experimental seal do warrant The tenor of my book.”
“A pal is one that is aware you while you are, understands where you have already been, accepts whatever you are becoming, and continue to, carefully means that you can develop.”
“In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence.”
“Speak on, but be not over-tedious.”
“Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.”
“Nay, we must think men are not gods, Nor of them look for such observancy As fits the bridal.”
“A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit; How quickly the wrong side may be turned outward!”
“Who would be so mocked with glory, or to live But in a dream of friendship, To have his pomp and all what state compounds But only painted, like his varnished friends?”
“Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man Still to remember wrongs?”
“Then others for breath of words respect, Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect.”
“I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.”
“Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.”