(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.