Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

He can afford to be a fool.

He can afford to be a fool.