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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.