And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more

If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.