One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.