How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.

We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.

We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!

Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!

The first blow is as much as two.

The first blow is as much as two.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.