God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.