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Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
Castles are Forrests of stones.