It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

The covetous are always in want.

The covetous are always in want.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

When they him spy,
As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,
Or russet-pated choughs, many in read more

When they him spy,
As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,
Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,
Rising and cawing at the gun's report,
Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;
So at his sight away his fellows fly,
And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;
He murder cries and help from Athens calls.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.