Maxioms by Charles Churchill
 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. 
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
 Like the dreams,
 Children of night, of indigestion bred.  
 Like the dreams,
 Children of night, of indigestion bred.