O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.