What A Silly Fellow Must He Be

Yes, I Had Two Strings To My Bow; Both Golden Ones, Egad! And Both Cracked.

There Are Those Who Never Reason On What They Should Do, But What They Have Done; As If Reason Had Her Eyes Behind, And Could Only See Backwards.

A Grave Aspect To A Grave Character Is Of Much More Consequence Than The World Is Generally Aware Of; A Barber May Make You Laugh, But A Surgeon Ought Rather To Make You Cry.

I Look Upon The Vulgar Observation, 'that The Devil Often Deserts His Friends, And Leaves Them In The Lurch,' To Be A Great Abuse On That Gentleman's Character. Perhaps He May Sometimes Desert Those Who Are Only His Cup Acquaintance; Or Who, At Most, Are But Half His; But He Generally Stands By Those Who Are Thoroughly His Servants, And Helps Them Off In All Extremities, Till Their Bargain Expires.

He Grew Weary Of This Condescension, And Began To Treat The Opinions Of His Wife With That Haughtiuess And Insolence, Which None But Those Who Deserve Some Contempt Themselves Can Bestow, And Those Only Who Deserve No Contempt Can Bear.