We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.

I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.

The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.

The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]