It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.

It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.