Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

The Reverend are ever before.

The Reverend are ever before.

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.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.

Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.

Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.

Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.