To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.