There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.