Thomas Southerne. 1660-1746.
Pity 's akin to love.[282:2]
Oroonoka. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.[282:3]
Sir Anthony Love. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Footnotes
[282:2] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page 198.
[282:3] I weigh the man, not his title; 't is not the king's stamp can make the metal better.—Wycherley: The Plaindealer, act i. sc. 1.
A prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man 's aboon his might:
Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
Burns: For a' that and a' that.