Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

He that once hitts, is ever bending.

He that once hitts, is ever bending.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.