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There's always a shot in the locker.
There's always a shot in the locker.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.