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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.