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Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make read more
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
By--sending the wine round too.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
