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Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make read more
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
By--sending the wine round too.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.