Nothing dries sooner than a Tear. Tis easier to build two Chimneys, than maintain one in Fuel. It is Ill-Manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on. Scarlet, Silk and Velvet, have put out the Kitchen Fire. He that would catch Fish, must venture his Bait.
Men take more pains to mask than mend.
The way to be safe, is never to be secure. Dally not with other Folks Women or Money. Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow. But few consider how easily a Friend may be thus lost. Depending on the known Regard their Friends have for them, Jesters take more Freedom with Friends than they would dare to do with others, little thinking how much deeper we are wounded by an Affront from one we love.