A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.

A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.