The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.