He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.