When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.