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Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
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!