Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

He that will be served must bee patient.

He that will be served must bee patient.

Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

No lock will hold against the power of gold.

No lock will hold against the power of gold.

The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.

The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.