So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.