In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.