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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.