It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.

Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

Hee that lives well is learned enough.

Hee that lives well is learned enough.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.