I Have More Zeal Than Wit.

True Friendship's Laws Are By This Rule Express'd, Welcome The Coming, Speed The Parting Guest.

At Every Trifle Take Offense, That Always Shows Great Pride Or Little Sense.

But Satan Now Is Wiser Than Of Yore, And Tempts By Making Rich, Not Making Poor.

In Various Talk Th' Instructive Hours They Past, Who Gave The Ball, Or Paid The Visit Last; One Speaks The Glory Of The British Queen, And One Describes A Charming Indian Screen; A Third Interprets Motions, Looks, And Eyes; At Every Word A Reputation Dies.

When To Mischief Mortals Bend Their Will, How Soon They Find It Instruments Of Ill.