Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.