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In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.