Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

All soils are not fertile.

All soils are not fertile.

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.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.