William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. Part II Of Ambition
96. They that soar too high, often fall hard; which makes a low and level Dwelling preferrable. 1 97. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. 2 98. They are most seen and observed, and most envyed: Least Quiet, but most talk’d of, and not often to their Advantage. 3 99. Those Buildings had need of a good Foundation, that lie so much exposed to Weather. 4 100. Good Works are a Rock, that will support their Credit; but Ill Ones a Sandy Foundation that Yields to Calamities. 5 101. And truly they ought to expect no Pity in their Fall, that when in Power had no Bowels for the Unhappy. 6 102. The worst of Distempers; always Craving and Thirsty, Restless and Hated: A perfect Delirium in the Mind: Insufferable in Success, and in Disappointments most Revengeful. 7
