To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.

He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.

The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.

The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

Prayers and provender hinder no journey.

Prayers and provender hinder no journey.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.