What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.

If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.

The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.