He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

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'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind

I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty, in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all nought,...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty, in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all nought,...

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

To saucy doubts and fears.

To saucy doubts and fears.

Death is a fearful thing.

Death is a fearful thing.

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.