No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.