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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.