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For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.