Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Love is the true price of love.

Love is the true price of love.