Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.

Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.