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Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.