So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.

Everyone is a master and servant.

Everyone is a master and servant.

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.