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This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
