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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.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.