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Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
 He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he 
repents himself of time.  
 He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he 
repents himself of time. 
 Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy 
all-powerful influence?  
 Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy 
all-powerful influence? 
 I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
 Of the seven great ancient sages so read more 
 I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
 Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
  The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
   The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase 
confessed.
    Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
     "Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
      Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
       And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
        Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
         Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see. 
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.