You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more

"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"

A penny spar'd is twice got.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.

He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.