Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.