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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.