Maxioms by George Chapman
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.
Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies.
The gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.
Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies.
The gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.