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For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?