Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.