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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
