Make ends meet

Outstrips his master; and the tongue which licked

That reeking weapon ever thirsts for more.

Stain once the lips with blood, no other meal

They shall enjoy. And shall there be no end

Of these long years of power and of crime?

Nay, this one lesson, e'er it be too late,

Learn of thy gentle Sulla -- to retire!

Of old his victory o'er Cilician thieves