But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.

Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.