Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.

He that lives most dies most.

He that lives most dies most.

No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more

No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And read more

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.