It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

A feeble dart short of its mark.

A feeble dart short of its mark.

An undertaking beset with danger.

An undertaking beset with danger.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

No one can have all he desires.

No one can have all he desires.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.