One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

All is not gold that glisters.

All is not gold that glisters.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.

What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.