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A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
