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'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.