Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.