The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last read more

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.

Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.

Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.