But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.