There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
read more

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.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

This is no time for staring about.

This is no time for staring about.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of read more

The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of God.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.