Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Money wants no followers.

Money wants no followers.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.