The back-doore robs the house.

The back-doore robs the house.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Evening words are not like to morning.

Evening words are not like to morning.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.