But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

You kick against the goad.

You kick against the goad.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.