One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.

One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more

She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.

It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.

It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

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.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.