Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.

Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.

The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!

The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!

Councell breakes not the head.

Councell breakes not the head.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

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.