You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?