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

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

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.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a...

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a...

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

I must be cruel only to be kind

I must be cruel only to be kind

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men.

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

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 better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Speak low, if you speak love.

Speak low, if you speak love.

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

How well he's read, to reason against reading!

How well he's read, to reason against reading!