We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.

We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more

O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.

Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.