Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.