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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.