Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

Like people, like priest.

Like people, like priest.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.

Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.