Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.

There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are
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By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are
abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will
be an end of every modest restraint.
[Lat., Auro pulsa fides. auro venalia jura,
Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor.]

Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
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Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!--

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

The day of fortune is like a harvest day,
We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
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The day of fortune is like a harvest day,
We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
[Ger., Ein tag der Gunst ist wie ein Tag der Ernte,
Man muss geschaftig sein sobald sie reift.]