Great Throughts Treasury

"No greater shame to man than inhumanity."

"The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne."

"It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor."

"All that in this world is great or gaie doth as a vapour vanish, and decaie."

"He that strives to touch the stars, oft stumbles at a straw."

"I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason. "