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By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.