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Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.