Thomas Cole paintings

Thomas Cole paintings
Theodore Robinson paintings
Titian paintings
Theodore Chasseriau paintings
will not choose what many men desire,Because I will not jump with common spiritsAnd rank me with the barbarous multitudes.Why, then to thee, thou silver treasure-house;Tell me once more what title thou dost bear:'Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves:'And well said too; for who shall go aboutTo cozen fortune and be honourableWithout the stamp of merit? Let none presumeTo wear an undeserved dignity.O, that estates, degrees and officesWere not derived corruptly, and that clear honourWere purchased by the merit of the wearer!How many then should cover that stand bare!How many be commanded that command!How much low peasantry would then be glean'dFrom the true seed of honour! and how much honourPick'd from the chaff and ruin of the timesTo be new-varnish'd! Well, but to my choice:'Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.'I will assume desert. Give me a key for this,And instantly unlock my fortunes here.
[He opens the silver casket]
PORTIA
Too long a pause for that which you find there.
ARRAGON
What's here? the portrait of a blinking idiot,Presenting me a schedule! I will read it.