Maxioms by Charles Churchill
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
