Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.

The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.

No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.