Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

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.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

My sun has not yet set for ever.

My sun has not yet set for ever.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Let the dead bury their dead.

Let the dead bury their dead.