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 we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

He warmes too neere that burnes.

He warmes too neere that burnes.

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!