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Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
