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Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.
When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.