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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.