Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 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.

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

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