Part ii

. Marriages._

In this fool's paradise he drank delight.[444-1]

_The Borough. Letter xii. Players._

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

_The Borough. Letter xxiv. Schools._

In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

_The Birth of Flattery._

Cut and come again.

_Tales. Tale vii. The Widow's Tale._

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.[444-2]

_Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience._

But 't was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.[444-3]

_Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest._

'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

_Tales. Tale xxi. The Learned Boy._

He tried the luxury of doing good.[444-4]

_Tales of the Hall. Book iii . Boys at School._

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.[444-5]

_Tales of the Hall. Book iii . Boys at School._

And took for truth the test of ridicule.[444-6]

_Tales of the Hall. Book viii . The Sisters._

Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face.[445-1]

_Tales of the Hall.