Render unto Caesar no more than you got to
Keep the Lord in your heart, and keep your powder dry.
But do you good in mean time
While you’re waiting on a good time, draw the line.

—CHRIS KNIGHT “IN THE MEAN TIME”

If we take prisoners, we keep ’em separate till we have had time to examine them, so they can’t cook up a story between ’em.

—ROGERS’ RANGERS STANDING ORDER NO. 5