Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Warre is deaths feast.

Warre is deaths feast.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

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.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.