It's not good fishing before the net.

It's not good fishing before the net.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Let all live as they would die.

Let all live as they would die.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.