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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.