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Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.