Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.

Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.

Besides, you know
Prosperity's the very bond of love,
Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
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Besides, you know
Prosperity's the very bond of love,
Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
Affliction alters.

Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.

Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
[Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
[Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]

I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.

I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.

Prosperity makes few friends.
[Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.]

Prosperity makes few friends.
[Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.]

Prosperity is a feeble reed.
[Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.]

Prosperity is a feeble reed.
[Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.]

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.