To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

He comes not in my books.

He comes not in my books.

Princes are venison in Heaven.

Princes are venison in Heaven.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.