He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]

He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.