Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

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The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

What is past is prologue.

What is past is prologue.

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

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

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

Love's best habit is a soothing tongue

Love's best habit is a soothing tongue

Action is eloquence.

Action is eloquence.

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

An old man is twice a child.

An old man is twice a child.

Fight till the last gasp.

Fight till the last gasp.

He is the half part of a blessed man, left to be finished by such...

He is the half part of a blessed man, left to be finished by such...

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...

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a...

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a...