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Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.