Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Wine ever paies for his loding.

Wine ever paies for his loding.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.

The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.