The Over Curious Are Not

Ambition, In A Private Man Is A Vice, Is In A Prince The Virtue.

But Married Once, A Man Is Stak'd Or Pown'd, And Cannot Graze Beyond His Own Hedge.

Petitions, Not Sweetened With Gold, Are But Unsavory And Oft Refused; Or, If Received, Are Pocketed, Not Read.

Quiet Night, That Brings Best To The Labourer, Is The Outlaw's Day, In Which He Rises Early To Do Wrong, And When His Work Is Ended Dares Not Sleep.

I Had Not To This Time Subsisted, But That I Was Supported By Your Frequent Courtesies And Favours.