Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much

Woman's mind Oft' shifts her passions, like th'inconstant wind; Sudden she rages, like the troubled main, Now sinks the storm, and all is calm again.

To cheat a man isnothing; but the womanmust have fine parts indeed who cheats a woman!

A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse.

What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare. Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food, And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.