Their occupations and their ends the same,
The sole contention, which shall flatter most.
But, as in human life, some are depress'd,
Whilst others stand erect on Fortune's wheel,
So fares it with these men; while some are raised
To splendid affluence, and wallow in
Luxurious indolence, their fellows starve,
Or live on scraps, and beg a scanty pittance,
To save their wretched lives.—Anon.