I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

What mare's nest hast thou found?

What mare's nest hast thou found?

A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]

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

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

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.