A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

Novelty in all things is charming.

Novelty in all things is charming.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]

She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]