Acerra always drinks till dawn.

Acerra always drinks till dawn.

The goate must browse where she is tyed.

The goate must browse where she is tyed.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.