So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.

Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
read more

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.