A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Laughter holding both his sides.

Laughter holding both his sides.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.