Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.

Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.