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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.