Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

Trust not one nights ice.

Trust not one nights ice.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

Every mile is two in winter.

Every mile is two in winter.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.