A golden key can open any door.

A golden key can open any door.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

But, oh! the love that gold must crown!

But, oh! the love that gold must crown!

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.