'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.

Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.