To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

To hear is to heed.

To hear is to heed.

In poison there is no physic.

In poison there is no physic.