Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.