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 as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"