With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.