All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.

You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.