Maxioms by Charles Churchill
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
The more laws, the less justice.
The more laws, the less justice.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
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.
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, read more
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
