One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.

The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.