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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.