He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.

He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

That is not good language which all understand not.

That is not good language which all understand not.

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

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

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

A fickle and capricious woman.

A fickle and capricious woman.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.