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With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.