If the harm is small, ’tis the chief good you’ll get.”
“Slave not for one who has been himself a slave;
Steers, loosed from ploughs, of toil small memory have.”
“A handsome person, with perverted will,
Is a fine craft that’s handled without skill.”
“Let not a friend your cherished secrets hear;
Then, if you quarrel, you’ve no cause for fear.”
“More love a mother than a father shows:
He thinks this is his son; she only knows.”
“Fathers’ and lovers’ threats no truth have got.