Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Put your toong in your purse.

Put your toong in your purse.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Weight justly and sell dearely.

Weight justly and sell dearely.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]