The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Let no such man be trusted.

Let no such man be trusted.

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to...

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to...

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Present mirth hath present laughter, what's to come is still unsure.

Present mirth hath present laughter, what's to come is still unsure.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

Good counselors lack no clients

Good counselors lack no clients

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.

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.

There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.

There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.