Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.

Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

He can afford to be a fool.

He can afford to be a fool.

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.