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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.