Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.

Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more

Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.