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Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
