The man that doesn't ante gets the best of this world;

anything he'll stand is good enough for the man that pays.

If you try to be too sharp you'll get into gaol sooner or later;

if you try to be too honest the chances are that the bailiff

will get into your house -- if you have one -- and make a holy show of you

before the neighbours. The honest softy is more often

mistaken for a swindler, and accused of being one, than the out-and-out scamp;

and the man that tells the truth too much is set down