The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.

The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.

Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.