Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

A penny spar'd is twice got.