Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more

The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.