Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.