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Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.