Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The First Booke. № 39. When a true friend may be best knowne

AS the glow-worme shines brightest in the darke,
And frankincense smells sweetest in the fire:
So crosse adventures make us best remarke
A sincere friend from a dissembled Lyer;
For some being friends to our prosperity,
And not to us: when it failes, they decay.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 23. We ought not to regard the contumelies, and calumnies of Lyars, and profane men
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 5. A certaine ancient philosopher did hereby insi∣nuate, how necessary a thing the administrati∣on of iustice was: and to be alwaies vigilant in the judicious di∣stribution of punishment, and recompence
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world
4. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
5. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities

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