224 225 226 227 228 229 shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, TRU TRUE DIGNITY N. ROWE RUE dignity is his whose tranquil mind virtue has raised above the things below; who, every hope and fear to heaven resigned, shrinks not, though Fortune aim her deadliest blow. J. BEATTIE PROUD HUMILITY PITCH thy behaviour low, thy projects high: so shalt thou humble and magnanimous be: sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky G. HERBERT THE FAVOURITES OF PRINCES N the wild storm IN the seaman hews his mast down, and the merchant heaves to the billows wares he once deemed precious: so prince and peer, 'mid popular contentions, cast off their favourites. THE A GOOD NAME G. CHAPMAN 'HE honours of a name 'tis just to guard; they are a trust but lent us, which we take, and should, in reverence to the donor's fame, with care transmit them down to others' hands. WH PITY-WHEN FORFEITED J. SHIRLEY HEN fortune or the gods afflict mankind, THE GENTLENESS W. HIGGON 'HE gentle mind by gentle deeds is knowne; E. SPENSER 230 231 232 233 AGE HOW shall summer's honey breath hold out against the wreckful siege of battering days, when rocks impregnable are not so stout nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays? M POWER OF MUSIC USIC has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read, that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been informed by magic numbers and persuasive sound. SUICIDE HE term of life is limited, THE R. CONGREVE ne may a man prolong nor shorten it: the soldier may not move from watchful sted, nor leave his stand, until his captain bid. THE PRIDE E. SPENSER HE bending willow, yielding to each wind, shall keep his rooting firm : when the proud oak braving the storm, presuming on his root, shall have his body rent from head to foot. 234 VIRTUE AND VICE J. WEBSTER 235 236 XTRAORDINARY virtues, when they soar sights judge of, losing their proper splendour, are condemned NAY SYMPATHY IN SORROW P. MASSINGER AY but sorrow close shrouded in heart, .I know, to keepe is a burdenous smart: ech thing imparted is more eath to beare: when the rayne is fallen, the clouds waxen cleare. CONTENTMENT E. SPENSER ONTENT who lives with tryed state CONT neede feare no chaunge of frowning fate; 237 238 but who will seeke for unknowne gayne, St TRUE LIBERTY E. SPENSER ED virom vera virtute vivere animatom addecet,' fortiterque innoxium vacare adversus adversarios; ea libertas est, qui pectus firmum et purum gestitat: aliæ res obnoxiæ nocte in obscura latent. Q. ENNIVS LOSS OF POWER IS LOSS OF HOMAGE THE great man down, you mark his favourite flies ; the poor advanced, makes friends of enemies; when sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions. 239 " 240 241 242 243 THE SAME `IS certain greatness once fallen out with fortune he shall as soon read in the eyes of others WHE THE SAME HEN Fortune in her shift and change of mood spurns down her late beloved, all his dependents, which laboured after him to the mountain's top even on their knees and hands, let him slip down, not one accompanying his declining foot. FORTITUDE firm patience to wild fury; and is armed to suffer with a quietness of spirit the worst extreme of tyranny and rage. GRIEF-HOW LIGHTENED OME from the feeling of their grief are wrought It easeth some, though none it ever cured, APPEARANCES NOT TO BE TRUSTED WE E see the ships that in the main are tost 244 245 246 247 248 249 had, at their launching from the haven's mouth, PROVIDENCE UR indiscretion sometimes serves us well teach us, there's a Divinity that shapes our ends, LABOUR SWEETENS LEISURE F all the year were playing holidays, work; should but when they seldom come, they wished-for come, and nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. THE SAME W. SHAKESPEARE TIO qui nescit uti plus negotii habet, OTI quam quum est negotium in negotio; id agit: studet ibei, mentem atque animum delectat suum. Otioso in animo animus nescit quid sibi velit. ING Q. ENNIVS INGRATITUDE most CONTEMPTIBLE NGRATITUDE is more hateful in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness; or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood. PATIENCE EASILY PREACHT TO OTHERS AWRETCHED soul bruised with adversity we bid be quiet when we hear it cry; THE SAME IS all men's office to speak patience 'TIS to those who wring under the load of sorrow; but no man's virtue nor sufficiency to be so moral, when he shall endure the like himself. W. SHAKESPEARE 250 251 252 253 254 THE SAME EC vero tanta præditus sapientia NEC quisquam est, qui aliorum ærumnam dictis non idem, quum Fortuna mutata impetum ut illa ad alios dicta et præcepta excidant. Q UID petam ANDROMACHE L. ACCIVS præsidii? quid exsequar? quò nunc aut exilio aut fuga freta sim? arce et urbe sum orba, quo accedam? quo applicem ? quoi nec patriæ aræ domi stant; fractæ et disjectæ jacent ; fana flamma deflagrata, tosti alti stant parietes. LOVE OF LUCRE Q. ENNIVS NON ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existumo, scio ego: multos iam lucrum luculentos homines reddidit: est etiam ubi profecto damnum præstet facere quam lucrum : odi ego aurum: multa multis sæpe suasit perperam. VIR VIRTUE T. M. PLAVTVS VIRTUS præmium est optimum: virtus omnibus rebus anteit profecto: Libertas, salus, vita res, parentes, patria et prognati, tutantur, servantur: virtus omnia in se habet: omnia adsunt bona, quem [penes est virtus. T. M. PLAVTVS SOLICITVM ALIQVID LÆTIS INTERVENIT SATIN parva res est voluptatum in vita atque in ætate agunda, præquam quod molestum est? ita quoique comparatum est in ætate hominum, ita diis placitum, voluptatem ut F. S. mæror III 2 |