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"Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds musicians, The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more Than a delight measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light."
"If I lose my honor, I lose myself: better I were not yours Than yours so branchless."
"The due of honor in no point omit."
"An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not."
"Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say I; every man to his business."
"Travelers never did lie, though fools at home condemn them."
"Travelers must be content."
"An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England."
"Are there no stones in heaven But what serves for thunder?"
"But now behold, In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens!"
"I and my bosom must debate awhile, and then I would no other company."
"Faster than spring-time showers comes thought on thought."
"A woman's thought runs before her actions."
"Thanks to men Of noble minds, is honorable meed."
"The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves, Foretells a tempest and a blustering day."
"Lords, knights and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see I drink the water of my eye."
"The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness."
"Tears harden lust, though marble wear with raining."
"Nature's tears are reason's merriment."
"How many a holy and obsequious tear hath dear religious love stolen from mine eye, as interest of the dead!"