The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.

Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?