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As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
