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Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.