Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Let all live as they would die.

Let all live as they would die.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.