Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

Know all and you will pardon all.

Know all and you will pardon all.