To break their villain jests on worthy men,

The graver still the fitter! Fie, for shame!

Regard what such would say? So would not I,

No more than heed a cur.

HONOURABLE SUCCESS.

What merit to be dropp'd on fortune's hill?

The honour is to mount it.

* * * Knowledge, industry,

Frugality, and honesty;—the sinews

The surest help the climber to the top,