Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.