I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

A countenance inconceivably forbidding.

A countenance inconceivably forbidding.

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.

But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more

But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.