Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.

If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.