O how full of briars is this w...

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

Turning these jests out of ser...

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Are not these woods
Mor...

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Sweep on, you fat and greasy c...

Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?

Sweet are the uses of adversit...

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

All the world's a stage....

All the world's a stage.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,<...

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.

Come, shepherd, let us make an...

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

Omittance is no quittance....

Omittance is no quittance.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for th...

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

I'll potch at him some way;

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

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O, a kiss
Long as my ex...

O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.

Think'st thou it honourable fo...

Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?

Breaking his oath and resoluti...

Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.

That, like an eagle in a dovec...

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

Her pretty action did outsell ...

Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.

For there's no motion
T...

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.

The sweat of industry would dr...

The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.

Weariness
Can snore upo...

Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

Some falls the means are happi...

Some falls the means are happier to rise.