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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.