When the hungry curate licks the knife, there is not much for the clerk. Pr.
When the man's fire and the wife's tow, in comes 40 the dell and blaws it in a lowe (flame). Sc. Pr.
When the master passeth over all alike without distinction, then the endeavours of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost. Hitopadesa.
When the million applaud you, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; when they censure you, what good. Colton.
When the mind's free, the body's delicate. Lear, iii. 4.
When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be who envy and oppose, if it come not in first at their casements. Milton.
When the oak-tree is felled, the whole forest 45 echoes with it; but a hundred acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze. Carlyle.
When the Phœnix is fanning her funeral pyre, will there not be sparks flying? Carlyle.
When the power of imparting joy / Is equal to the will, the human soul / Requires no other heaven. Shelley.
When the quality of bravery is near, a great man's terrors are at a distance. In the hour of misfortune such a great man overcometh bravery. Hitopadesa.