But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.