O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that studies his content, wants it.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

Armour is light at table.

Armour is light at table.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.

Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.