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No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.