Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.