Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

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.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.