No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

Of such importance is early training.

Of such importance is early training.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!

Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.