Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.

As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Good finds good.

Good finds good.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.

He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.