Praising all alike, is praising none.

Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind.

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

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.

By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.

Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.