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All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.