Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

His bark is worse than his bite.

His bark is worse than his bite.

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.

Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.