Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).

Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.