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Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
