Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.

Who could be happy and alone or good?

Who could be happy and alone or good?

Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more

Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.