Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.

When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.