For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.

For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.