Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have
Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes
Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful tongue
While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep
At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense
At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense