Great men have reaching hands.

Great men have reaching hands.

First come, first served.

First come, first served.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.