When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.

Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.

Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

Success brings many to ruin.

Success brings many to ruin.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.