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He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
