A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.

A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

He can do most who has most power.

He can do most who has most power.

At Court, every one for himselfe.

At Court, every one for himselfe.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.