I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.

This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.