English poem
Improved Proverbs
by Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)
QUACKS are stubborn things. It's a wise girl who knows her own mind. Society's the mother of convention. Home was not built in a day. Modesty is the best policy. Circumstances alter faces. A rolling gait gathers remorse. All's not old that titters. Let us eat, drink and be married, for to-morrow we dye. Charity uncovers a multitude of sins. -4em