Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.