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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
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?
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
