Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity