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Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.