Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

Let the dead bury their dead.

Let the dead bury their dead.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

Go West, young man! Go West.

Go West, young man! Go West.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.