This is the real secret of all that indignation.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

A fair face may make a foul bargain.

A fair face may make a foul bargain.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

The weakest goes to the wall.

The weakest goes to the wall.

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.