If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
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But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.

After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.