I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

No lock will hold against the power of gold.

No lock will hold against the power of gold.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.