As soon as we espy the sinister ears of the wolf, we believe that the wolf himself is near.

Men think no credit due to him that hath no credit, whom report accuses of treachery." Grep: "Shameless boy, owl astray from the path, night-owl in the darkness, thou shalt pay for thy reckless words.

Thou shalt be sorry for the words thou now belchest forth madly, and shalt pay with thy death for thy unhallowed speech.

Lifeless thou shalt pasture crows on thy bloodless corpse, to be a morsel for beasts, a prey to the ravenous bird." Erik: "The boding of the coward, and the will that is trained to evil, have never kept themselves within due measure.

He who betrays his lord, he who conceives foul devices, will be as great a snare to himself as to his friends.