"Unproportioned" Quotes from Famous Books
... And these few precepts in thy memory, Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar: The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade: ... — The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick |