William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Part II |
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| Of Ambition |
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| 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 |
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