That thou mayst injure no man, dove-like be;
And serpent-like, that none may injure thee!—Cowper.
TO A FRIEND IN DISTRESS.
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend;
For when at worst, they say, things always mend.—Cowper.
HOG vs. BACON.
Judge Bacon once trying a man, Hog by name,
Who made with his lordship of kindred a claim;
“Hold,” said the judge,—“you’re a little mistaken
Hog must be hung first before ’tis good Bacon.”