I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

The earth has music for those who listen.

The earth has music for those who listen.

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Every cloud engenders not a storm

Every cloud engenders not a storm

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

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

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

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

The wheel is come full circle.

The wheel is come full circle.

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.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid...

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

The miserable hath no other medicine but only hope

The miserable hath no other medicine but only hope

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.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be...

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be...

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.