They make a desert and they call it peace.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Our praises are our wages.

Our praises are our wages.