Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.