To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

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

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

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.