Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Every path hath a puddle.

Every path hath a puddle.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more

Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

No day is wholly unproductive of good.