A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.

But me no buts.

But me no buts.

We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more

We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to make a quarrel.