He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.

It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
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Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Armour is light at table.

Armour is light at table.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.