I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

Assaile who will, the valiant attends.

Assaile who will, the valiant attends.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.