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And all my mother came into mine eyes And gave me up to tears.
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.
There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.
Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
A wicked conscience mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts.
A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant.
The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.
We must love men, ere to us they will seem worthy of our love.
Tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home.
Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time.
My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.
What Time hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit.
Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gain'd my freedom.
If is a custom, More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some.
And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.
I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none
O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.
He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.
The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.
So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all, all shall die.
But clay and clay differs in dignity, Whose dust is both alike.
Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools!
Set your heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me.
A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.
Words are grown so false, I am loath to prove reason with them.
My heart is turned to stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand.
My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.
Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight.
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!
I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.
I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.
Though I be but prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy.
Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.
Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.
It is a heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in it.
For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
Never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it.
You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead.
Golden lads and girls all must as chimney sweepers come to dust.
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.
Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss.
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.