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If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?