The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.