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Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.