Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.

Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]

There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.