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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
