Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

Drought never brought dearth.

Drought never brought dearth.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.

Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.