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The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.