01c. 1717 ADFirst, then, a woman will or won't, depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there 's an end on 't. But if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront, and jealousy injustice.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
02c. 1717 ADTender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'T is the same with common natures: Use 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
03c. 1717 ADThere is no merit where there is no trial; and, till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, faith for falsehood.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
05c. 1717 ADShame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
06c. 1717 ADHide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature's mark to know an honest heart by.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
07c. 1717 ADGently, gently touch a nettle, / And it stings you for your pains; / Grasp it like a man of mettle, / And it soft as silk remains.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
09c. 1717 ADYouth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
10c. 1717 ADTender handed stroke a nettle And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains; Thus it is with vulgar natures, Use them kindly, they rebel: But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey you well.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
11c. 1717 ADWhere is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
12c. 1717 ADSlander’d in vain, enjoy the spleen of foes; Let these from envy hate—from interest those! Guilt, like the first, your gratitude requires, Since none can envy till he first admires; And nature tells the last his crime is none, Who to your interest but prefers his own.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
13c. 1717 ADCourage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.Aaron Hill / quote ↗
