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Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.