Better buy than borrow.

Better buy than borrow.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

This is the reward of my folly.

This is the reward of my folly.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!