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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.