Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.

Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.

When in doubt, do nowt.

When in doubt, do nowt.

He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.

He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.