Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!

O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.