Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.

Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.

Love rules his kingdome without a sword.

Love rules his kingdome without a sword.

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.