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Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
