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A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.