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But look for ruin when a coward wins; For fear and cruelty are ever twins. - [Cowards] Money and man a mutual falsehood show, Men make false money, money makes men so. - [Falsehood] No body's healthful without exercise: Just wars are exercises of a state; Virtue 's in motion, and contends to rise, With generous ascents above a mate. - [Exercise] Our dangers and delights are near allies, From the same stem the rose and prickle rise. - [Danger] The fine and noble way to kill a foe Is not to kill him; you with kindness may So change him, that he shall cease to be so; Then he's slain. - [Enemies] Those edges soonest turn, that are most keen; A sober moderation stands secure, No violent extremes endure. - [Extremes]
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