I will be correspondent to command.

I will be correspondent to command.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.