Virtue, Thou In Rags, May Challenge More

True Dignity Is Never Gained By Place, And Never Lost When Honors Are Withdrawn.

Patience, The Beggar's Virtue, Shall Find No Harbor Here.

I Have Play'd The Fool, The Gross Fool, To Believe The Bosom Of A Friend Will Hold A Secret Mine Own Could Not Contain.

A Diamond, Though Set In Horns, Is Still A Diamond, And Sparkles In Purest Gold.

Nay, Droop Not, Fellows; Innocence Should Be Bold.