Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

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Every cloud engenders not a storm

Every cloud engenders not a storm

Everything that gristles is not gold.

Everything that gristles is not gold.

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

This above all; to thine own self be true.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind...

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind...

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Fight till the last gasp.

Fight till the last gasp.

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

Past and to come seems best; things present worst

Past and to come seems best; things present worst

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.