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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
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.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.