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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?