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Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
