Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.