Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.

His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.