Be cheerful, if you are wise.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

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.

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.