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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
