There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.