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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
