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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.