With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.