Песни Матушки Гусыни

A little health, a little wealth,
A little house and freedom;
And at the end a little friend,
And little cause to need him.

There was an old owl lived in an oak,
The more he heard, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard -
Oh, if men were all like that wise bird!

If you are not
Handsome at twenty,
Not strong at thirty,
Not rich at forty,
Not wise at fifty,
You never will be.

For every evil under the sun
There is a remedy or there is none.
If there is one, try and find it.
If there is none, never mind it.

If you your lips
Would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.