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He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.