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Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
