It is best to know the worst at once.

It is best to know the worst at once.

'Tis neither here nor there.

'Tis neither here nor there.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.