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The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.