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Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.