Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.

Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.

When in doubt, do nowt.

When in doubt, do nowt.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.