An old cat sports not with her prey.

An old cat sports not with her prey.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.