Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

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'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is...

Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is...

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good...

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good...

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.

How tedious is a guilty conscience!

How tedious is a guilty conscience!

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we...

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we...

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that...

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that...

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his...

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his...

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.