Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

He did not care a button for it.

He did not care a button for it.