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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.