Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.