Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

After the house is finisht, leave it.

After the house is finisht, leave it.

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?

Pension never inriched young man.

Pension never inriched young man.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.