Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

When shall we find his equal?

When shall we find his equal?

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.