'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Falsehoods border on truths.