Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.