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Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
