All the world's a stage.

All the world's a stage.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.