Love and businesse teach eloquence.

Love and businesse teach eloquence.

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.

The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.

The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more

What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.