Conversation makes one what he is.

Conversation makes one what he is.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.