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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.