Teach your child to earn his meal,
Or you bring him up to steal.
Jean Chardin

Wilt thou life's best elixir drain?
Be lowliest of the lowly found;
The sweetest drop of the sugar-cane
Grows nearest to the ground.
Feisi

For two rewards, & nought beside,
A prudent man the world would ride;
His friend with benefits to crown
And put his adversary down.
Ibn Jemin

Unbar the door, since thou the Opener art,
Show me the forward way, since thou art guide,
I put no faith in pilot or in chart,
Since they are transient, & thou dost abide.
Omar Khayyam

The pain of love's a better fate
Than the body's best estate.
Saadi

Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire:
Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire.

Pussy has a whiskered face,
Kitty has such pretty ways;
Doggie scampers when I call,
And has a heart to love us all.

What will you give me for my pound?
Full twenty shillings round.
What will you give me for my shilling?
Twleve pence to give I'm willing.
What will you give me for my penny?
Four farthings, just so many.

WHAT does the bee do?
Bring home honey.
And what does Father do?
Bring home money.
And what does Mother do?
Lay out the money.
And what does baby do?
Eat up the honey.

A baby's cradle with no baby in it,
A baby's grave where autumn leaves drop sere;
The sweet soul gathered home to Paradise,
The body waiting here.