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

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

Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.

Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy,
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are
filled with earthy and material things.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

The Rich knowes not who is his friend.

The Rich knowes not who is his friend.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.