22.—With craft and skill, to ruin and betray.
23.—Soar not too high to fall, but stop to rise;
24.—We masters grow of all that we despise.
25.—Oh then renounce that impious self-esteem;
26.—Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream.
27.—Think not ambition wise, because ’tis brave,
28.—The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
29.—What is ambition? ’Tis a glorious cheat,
30.—Only destructive to the brave and great.
31.—What’s all the gaudy glitter of a crown?