No day so clear but hath dark clouds.

No day so clear but hath dark clouds.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

The best things in life are free.

The best things in life are free.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Drought never brought dearth.

Drought never brought dearth.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.