But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more

Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

He that will be surety, shall pay.

He that will be surety, shall pay.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.