Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.