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Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
