Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

If the old dog barke he gives counsell.

If the old dog barke he gives counsell.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.

Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And read more

Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.