Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

Night is the mother of Councels.

Night is the mother of Councels.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.