Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.

If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.

Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He that lives well sees a farre off.