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Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
