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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 mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
