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'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
