This is the state of man: To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him. Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII., Act III. Scene 2. (Wolsey’s Soliloquy on his fall.)
[Manners first Lord of Rutland, said to Sir Thomas More on his being made Chancellor, “Honores mutant Mores;” “No my Lord,” said Sir Thomas, “The pun will do much better in English, “Honours change Manners.”]
