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There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
