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Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
