Had Sigh'd To Many, Though He Loved

Be Hypocritical, Be Cautious, Be Not What You Seem But Always What You See.

When People Say, "i've Told You Fifty Times," They Mean To Scold, And Very Often Do; When Poets Say, "i've Written Fifty Rhymes," They Make You Dread That They'll Recite Them Too; In Gangs Of Fifty, Thieves Commit Their Crimes; At Fifty Love For Love Is Rare, 't Is True, But Then, No Doubt, It Equally As True Is, A Good Deal May Be Bought For Fifty Louis.

Yet Truth Will Sometimes Lend Her Noblest Fires, And Decorate The Verse Herself Inspires: This Fact, In Virtue's Name, Let Crabbe Attest,- Though Nature's Sternest Painter, Yet The Best.

There's Not A Joy The World Can Give Like That It Takes Away.

Kill A Man's Family, And He May Brook It, But Keep Your Hands Out Of His Breeches' Pocket.