Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age, When no man dies for love, but on the stage.

The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.

When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.

So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil.

Beware of the fury of the patient man.

In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd: When Nature prompted, and no Law deni'd Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then, Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves: and, wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.

A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray.

A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.