Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

The pot boils badly.

The pot boils badly.

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.