If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Good is god, but better carries it.

Good is god, but better carries it.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

God provides for him that trusteth.

God provides for him that trusteth.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.