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Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.