"But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool."
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"A right judgment draws us a profit from all things we see ."
"Silence is the perfect herald of joy."
"A jest's prosperity lies in the ear"
"If the boy have not a woman's gift To rain a shower of commanded tears, An onion will do well for such a shift."
"Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace."
"Our content Is our best having."
"My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears, Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores Of will and judgment."
"What is done cannot be now amended."
"Words pay no debts, give her deeds."
"Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force , Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill; Some in their hawks and hounds , some in their horse ; And every humor hath his adjunct pleasure , Wherein it finds a joy above the rest ."
"Thou art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd, despis'd! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon."
"we are the lords of all eternity"
"There is nothing serious in Mortality"
"Ten masts make not the altitude Which thou hast perpendicularly fell. Thy life's a miracle."
"Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger"
"Though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good, and good provoke to harm."
"There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death."
"The expedition of my violent love outrun the pauser, reason."
"Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small."