Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.