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Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.