Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more

Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

He who injures one man threatens many.

He who injures one man threatens many.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

Every man has his price.

Every man has his price.