'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

Without businesse debauchery.

Without businesse debauchery.

Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.

Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.