Yet ne’ertheless, if good, do what he teaches;
Good counsel failing men may give, for why?
He that’s aground knows where the shoal doth lie.
My old friend Berryman, oft when alive,
Taught others thrift, himself could never thrive.
Thus like the whetstone, many men are wont
To sharpen others while themselves are blunt.”
Poetry for December, 1834.
“He that for the sake of drink neglects his trade,
And spends each night in taverns till ’tis late,