DISTICHES
WISELY a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her.
This one may love her some day; some day the lover will not.
There are three species of creatures who, when they seem coming, are going;
When they seem going, they come: Diplomats, women, and crabs.
As the meek beasts in the Garden came flocking for Adam to name them,
Men for a title to-day crawl to the feet of a king.
What is a first love worth except to prepare for a second?
What does the second love bring? Only regret for the first.
John Hay.