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It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
