An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Princes are venison in Heaven.

Princes are venison in Heaven.

Buy at a faire, but sell at home.

Buy at a faire, but sell at home.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.