It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

The first blow is as much as two.

The first blow is as much as two.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.