Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 8. What man it is, that is truly wealthie

Who measures poverty by Natures rules, 
	And frames his mind to what he hath, is rich; 
For we can never doe, but vexe our soules, 
	So long’s we straine them to a higher pitch: 
And hee, whose heart is discontented, is 
But a poore wretch, though all the world were his.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 8. The resolution of a proficient in vertue
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 3. The couragious resolution of a valiant man

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