A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.