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The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?