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We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
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.]
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.