Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

Good is god, but better carries it.

Good is god, but better carries it.

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.