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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and read more
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.]