Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman, He that tastes woman, ruin meets.

Fair words cost nothing.

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes

Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined.

Praising all alike, is praising none.

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