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You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.