So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Pension never inriched young man.

Pension never inriched young man.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

The coveteous spends more then the liberall.

The coveteous spends more then the liberall.