Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.