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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.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
