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Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.