Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.

It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Laughter holding both his sides.

Laughter holding both his sides.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.