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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.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.