Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.

Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.