The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

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.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.