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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
