One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
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Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
