A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.