lay up to himself Treasures in Heaven
; or if I may, in this Place, be allowed to add the Saying of a great Philosopher, he may
provide such Possessions, as fear neither Arms, nor Men, nor
Jove
himself.
In the second Place, if we look upon the Toils of Ambition, in the same Light as we have considered those of Avarice, we shall readily own that far less Trouble is requisite to gain lasting Glory, than the Power and Reputation of a few Years; or, in other Words, we may with more Ease deserve Honour, than obtain it. The Ambitious Man should remember Cardinal
Woolsey's
Complaint.
'Had I served God, with the same Application, wherewith I served my King, he would not have forsaken me in my old Age.'
The Cardinal here softens his Ambition by the specious Pretence of