What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]

He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

To hear is to heed.

To hear is to heed.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.