Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.

Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.