Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

We make allowance for necessity.

We make allowance for necessity.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.