This man is freed from servile bands,
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall:—
Lord of himself, though not of lands,
And having nothing, yet hath all.


'The Character of a Happy Life' (1614)

Henry Wotton Quotes

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall:— Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall:— Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall:— Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall:— Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.