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Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.