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Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.