It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.