Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.

There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.