It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

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.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.