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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
