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Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.