'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

You kick against the goad.

You kick against the goad.