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Defi. Pouertie is a tribulation, or want of such necessary things as belong to our liues and e∣states: through which wee are brought to mishap and misery.
AS Kings haue honour to countenaunce theyr actions, so poore men haue hone∣stie to direct theyr lyues.
Pouerty is as gladde to creepe to credite, as dignitie; & the humble thoughts that smoak from a poore mans cottage, are oft as sweet a sacrifice to the Gods, as the persumes in the
pallace of a Prince.
VVant of wealth, is not a deprauation of vertue, but a release of care and trouble.
There is no greater pouertie vnto a man, then to want wisedome, whereby he shoulde know how to gouerne himselfe.
There is no faulte in pouertie, but theyr mindes that so thinke it, are faulty. Socrat.
More miserable is the pouerty of the mind then the pouertie of the body.
Pouertie is a branch of temperance, & pe∣nurie a cōpendious obseruation of the lawes. Stobaeus.
Pouerty is the signe of integritie.
If thou wilt liue after nature, thou shalt ne∣uer be poore, if after thine own opinion, thou shalt neuer be rich.
The father that dieth, and leaueth his sonne poore and wise, leaueth him too much, but he that dyeth, and leaueth his sonne rich & foo∣lish, leaueth him nothing.
Pouerty is the mother of health.
Pouerty is the Mistresse of phylosophy.
The miserable lacke of the poore man, and the superfluous substance of the rich man, moueth much discord among the people.
A noble minde refuseth no danger, if once he perceiue himselfe assaulted with pouerty.
Pouerty causeth good mens chyldren to be vertuou••, so that they attaine to that by ver∣tue, which others come vnto by riches.
Themificeles sayde, that hee had rather giue his daughter in marriage to a man vvithout money, then to money without a man.
Riches are painfull to fooles, and pouertie pleasant to the wise.
Hee neuer accounteth of prosperitie, that hath not before been pinched with pouertie.
He is not poore that hath little, but hee that desireth much. Bias.
To lyue poorely & honestly, is better then to liu•• richlie and wickedly.
Pouertie is the Father of innumerable in∣〈…〉〈…〉ities.
Aduersitie is the tr••all of the minde, & mis∣••ap the ballance of the thought.
Pouerty is the mother of ruine.
Necessity is a sore pennance, and extreami∣tie is as hard to beare as death.
Nee•• teacheth things vnlawfull. Seneca.
Such as haue diseases, and refuse remedie, are worthy to endure the payne, & they that are ouer the shooes in want, are vvorthy the staffe & the wallet, if they will not any wayes reach at wealth.
Pouertie, want, extreamitie, & misfortune,
are all easie to be borne, if they be tempered with content.
To write to our better, is of necessitie, to vvrite to our equall, is of will, to write to our inferior, is of pure vertue.
The rich doth reuenge himselfe with arms, the poore with teares. G••euara.
It is some comfort in miserie, to knovv the worst of our mishaps.
In aduersity, rich men should giue reme∣die, and wise men minister comfort by good counsaile.
Bias the Philosopher, beeing reproued by a certaine iniurious person, that he was poore and ill fauoured: aunswered that hee vvas greatly deceaued, both in his beauty and his riches; for quoth he, how can I be poore and am wise, or hard fauoured, vvhen I am lear∣ned esteeming it the greatest beauty to bee endued with learning, and the greatest wealth to be inriched with wisedome.
It is a thing very common vnto a man af∣flicted, to seeke the companie of another in the like trouble.
There is no man in so wretched a condition but hee hopeth to growe better, neyther is there any man so set aloft, but hee may doubt a suddaine fall. Isocrat.
Hee ought not to be dismaied, that from a high estate is descended to a low degree, ney∣ther ought he to glory or grow proude, that from a base estate is aduaunced to promo∣tion.
As riches is the mother of pleasure and de∣light, so pouerty is the nurse of sorrow and calamity.
Pen••ry is a sore pinch, & there is no grea∣ter want then necessity.
VVant is the enemy to desire.
In all estates, a meane must be obserued; to liue warily increaseth treasure, but to liue wastfully, causeth pouerty. Protogenes.
Pouerty is no hinderance to wisedome.
Poore men are like little shrubbes, that by their basenes escape many blasts, vvhen high and tall Cedars are shaken.
VVhere poore men intreate & cannot ob∣taine, there rich men commaund, and vvill be obeyed. Se••er.
Mishap is the true touch-stone of friend∣ship, and aduersity the triall of friends.
As the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 estate of pouerty is intol∣lerable for want, so the presumption of an in∣••ole••t person, is not to be suffered for pride.
Happy is that mishap, whereby we passe in∣to greater perfection.
Pouerty that contenteth, is great riches.
Care not for pouertie, sith no man lyueth so basely as he was borne. Salust.
It is giuen onely to a wise man to bee con∣tent in pouerty.
Suffer that with patience which thou canst not auoyde, & be not displeased at thy poore estate.
The beggars crutch, serueth him both to leane vpon, and to fight withall.
Patiently should that bee borne, vvhich no strength can ouer-come, nor counsell auoid; whether it be pouerty to pinch the body, or aduersity to crosse the minde.
It is better to suffer necessitie, then to bor∣row of him whom a man may not trust.
Pouerty possessed in safetie, is better then great riches enioyed with much feare.
VVhen a man is plagued with pouerty and sicknesse, both ioyned together, without any succour or easement, then riseth in him an in∣tollerable griefe, a fire not able to be quen∣ched, a sorrow without remedy, & a tempest full of wracks.
Pouerty is a vertue of it selfe. Diog.
Hee liueth in most wretched estate of beg∣gery, that is not indued vvith any good qua∣litie.
Si ad naturam viuas nunquam eris pa••per: si ad opinionem nunquam eris diues: exiguum na∣tur a desiderat, opinio immensum.
Seneca.
—O vitae t••ta facultasPa••peris, angusti{que}lares, ô munera nondum Intellect a Deum.—