There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.

In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.