Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The First Booke. № 39. When a true friend may be best knowne

AS the glow-worme shines brightest in the darke,
And frankincense smells sweetest in the fire:
So crosse adventures make us best remarke
A sincere friend from a dissembled Lyer;
For some being friends to our prosperity,
And not to us: when it failes, they decay.

1. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 19. The Parallel of Nature, and For∣tune
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 41. Concerning those, who marry for beauty, and wealth without regard of vertue
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 9. That a courtesie ought to be conferred soone, and with a good will
5. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 25. Vertue, and goodnesse are very much opposed by the selfe-conceit, that many men have of their owne sufficiencie

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