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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.