If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.

If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.