And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.
Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.
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.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.
Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.