Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.