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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
