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A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
