What argufies pride and ambition?
Soon or late death will take us in tow:
Each bullet has got its commission,
And when our time's come we must go.
Source: Each Bullet has its Commission.
-- Charles Dibdin, (Mar 4 1745-1814), English dramatist, songwriter; He wrote 30 popular plays and one-man table entertainments; his 1,400 songs include Tom Bowling.