Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.