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Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.