A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

All soils are not fertile.

All soils are not fertile.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.

The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?