And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Good service is a great inchantment.

Good service is a great inchantment.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We make allowance for necessity.

We make allowance for necessity.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.