Gelett Burgess

“ Even as the blower on the fireplace hideth the flames, so shall she break forth when her parents' scrutiny be removed.
14 ¶If thou suspectest thy love, it is better to leave her than to doubt; but to believe and to doubt also, it is a bitter torment.
15 In my youth I knew a maiden of the Land of Nod, and I loved her. And my friends came unto me and said: Lo, she is a devil, cast thou her off. But I made answer, saying: Verily, I know well that she is either angel or devil, for in no other wise could she delight my soul; but it is better to think her an angel while I may ”

“ Lo, I have had such a charming time, and, it is so good of you to have asked me; and, now do come and see us.
22 ¶Women know well of women's ways, for if a man love, he telleth much, aye, he enlighteneth her, concerning his previous loves; but no man knoweth how another man maketh love, for this women tell not.
23 Though a woman be as honest as a child before company, yet will she lie to the man she loveth, and to him only.
24 My son, if a woman confesseth that she love thee, and thou lovest her not, forsake her not in her anguish, make her to laugh ”

“ 17 Count no matron happy till she hath passed thirty and hath not waxed fat; ”