A penny spar'd is twice got.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

Omittance is no quittance.

Omittance is no quittance.

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.