But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Tarred with the same stick.

Tarred with the same stick.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.

Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.