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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
