We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Warre is deaths feast.

Warre is deaths feast.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]

Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]