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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.