The Child Will Grow
The child will grow, his clothes will not.
The child will grow, his clothes will not.
Better my own cottage than the palace of another.
The strength of a nation is its knowledge.
Starting the work is two thirds of it.
The seed of all evil is laziness.
A youth’s promise is like the froth of water.
The best shortage is a shortage of words.
A sword’s honour is its idleness.
Memory slips, letters remain.
The achievement of all work is practice.
Let not your tongue cut your throat.
The best knowledge is to know yourself.