So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Like people, like priest.

Like people, like priest.

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

Omittance is no quittance.

Omittance is no quittance.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.

Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.