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Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.