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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.