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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
