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A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.