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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
