It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

The eye will have his part.

The eye will have his part.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]

No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.