It is not permitted that we should know everything.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic read more

Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic of ale and cider.

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!