If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

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My revenue is the silly cheat

My revenue is the silly cheat

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

No profit grows where there is no pleasure taken

No profit grows where there is no pleasure taken

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit

Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest

Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest

Let no such man be trusted.

Let no such man be trusted.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

Action is eloquence.

Action is eloquence.

Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow...

Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow...

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

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.

Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright

Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.