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Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
The comforters head never akes.
The comforters head never akes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.