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He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.