Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

The least foolish is wise.

The least foolish is wise.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Three women make a market.

Three women make a market.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!

Every bees hony is sweet.

Every bees hony is sweet.