Deeds

"Oh! 'tis easy To beget great deeds; but in the rearing of them— The threading in cold blood each mean detail, And furze brake of half-pertinent circumstance— There lies the self-denial."

"When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him."

"But the good deed, through the ages Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust."

"For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good tourne we write it in duste."

"Actis ævum implet, non segnibus annis."

"Ipse decor, recti facti si præmia desint, Non movet."

"Di pia facta vident."

"The deed I intend is great, But what, as yet, I know not."

"Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt."

"Dictis facta suppetant."

"Nequam illud verbum est, Bene vult, nisi qui benefacit."

"We'll take the good-will for the deed."

"Your deeds are known, In words that kindle glory from the stone."

"Wer gar zu viel bedenkt wird wenig leisten."

"Nemo beneficia in calendario scribit."

"You do the deeds, And your ungodly deeds find me the words."