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All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.