By many indignities we come to dignities.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]

He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.