Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

We are born poets. we become orators.

We are born poets. we become orators.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.