Successful villany is called virtue.

Successful villany is called virtue.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

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

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

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.

No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.