The weakest goes to the wall.

The weakest goes to the wall.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Springes to catch woodcocks.

Springes to catch woodcocks.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

A wounded spirit who can bear?

A wounded spirit who can bear?

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?

Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.