The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.