A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.