Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

The command of custome is great.

The command of custome is great.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.