Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

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.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Money makes the man.

Money makes the man.

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.