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Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.