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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!
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
