Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.

Dead men tell no tales.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!

Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.