The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that studies his content, wants it.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]

Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.