You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!