God's bodkin, man, much better: use every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity -- the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty?

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I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For...

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For...

One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well;...

One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well;...

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love...

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in...

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

I bear a charmed life.

I bear a charmed life.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part...

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

You don't build a reputation on what you're going to do

You don't build a reputation on what you're going to do