Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

None is borne Master.

None is borne Master.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more

Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.