In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.

By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

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.