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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
