Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

None is offended but by himselfe.

None is offended but by himselfe.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

Conversation makes one what he is.

Conversation makes one what he is.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Falsehoods border on truths.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.

He is most powerful who governs himself.

He is most powerful who governs himself.