Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.