Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

This is the reward of my folly.

This is the reward of my folly.

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.