It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.

When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.