A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.

A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?