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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
