Bribery

When their lordships asked Bacon How many bribes he had taken He had at least the grace To get very red in the face.

— Bribery

'Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures;From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.

— Bribery

Judges and senates have been bought for gold;Esteem and love were never to be sold.

— Bribery

His sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

— Bribery

Tis goldNay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.

— Bribery

There is gold for you.Sell me your good report.

— Bribery

What, shall one of us,Contaminate our fingers with base bribes?

— Bribery

There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,I sell thee poison, thou hast sold me none.

— Bribery

And ye sail walk in silk attire,Nor think o' Donald mair.

— Bribery

Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."

— Bribery

A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.

— Bribery

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,He had not the method of making a fortune.

— Bribery

But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold,Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.

— Bribery

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,And ask no questions but the price of votes.

— Bribery

Alas! the small discredit of a bribeScarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.

— Bribery

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

— Bribery

Every man has his price.

— Bribery

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

— Bribery