“The world's my filbert which with my crackers I will open.”

“The priest calls the lawyer a cheat,
And the lawyer beknaves the divine;
And the statesman, because he's so great,
Thinks his trade 's as honest as mine.”

“Hard texts are nuts (I will not call them cheaters,)
Whose shells do keep their kernels from the eaters;
Open the shells, and you shall have the meat:
They are are brought for you to crack and eat.”