Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)
Epigrams. The First Booke. № 35. Wherein true Wealth consists
VVHo's truly rich, we ought not to esteeme
By Lands, nor goods, but by the mind; the title
Of a poore man, being farre more due to him,
That covets much, then that possesseth little;
For he is richer, doth the world neglect:
Then who possessing all, complaines for lack.
Thomas Urquhart's other poems:- Epigrams. The First Booke. № 32. That if we strove not more for superfluities, then for what is needfull, we would not be so much troubled, is wee are
- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
- Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 19. The Parallel of Nature, and For∣tune
- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 13. What the subject of your conference ought to be with men of judgment, and account
- Epigrams. The First Booke. № 16. How a man should oppose adversitie
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