Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.