We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

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.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Originality provokes originality.

Originality provokes originality.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.