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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.