The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

I saw young Harry with his visor up.

I saw young Harry with his visor up.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

He that marries late, marries ill.

He that marries late, marries ill.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

It adds to the glory both of soule and body.

It adds to the glory both of soule and body.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.