Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

By that sin fell the angels.

By that sin fell the angels.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.