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I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Aske much to have a little.
Aske much to have a little.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.