Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

A word spoken in due season, how good is it!

A word spoken in due season, how good is it!

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.