Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 37. To a generously disposed Gentleman, who was maine sorrie, that he had not wherewith to remunerat the favours, by the which he was obliged to the curtesie of a friend

YOu have restor'd his kindnesse, if you owe
It willingly, and doth not prove forgetfull;
For with all Mankind it would hardly goe:
If no man could with empty hands be gratefull:
And in what may concerne a benefit,
'Tis th'onely mind refounds, and maketh it.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 43. That inconveniences ought to be regarded to before hand
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 7. That men are not destitute of remedies, within them∣selves against the shrewdest accidents, that can befall them
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 38. The truest wealth, man hath it from himselfe
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth

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