“This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.”
“As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.”
“Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.”
“Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.”
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