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Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
He that serves, must serve.
He that serves, must serve.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.