Look what thy soul holds dear,...

Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it
To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st.
Suppose the singing birds musicians,
The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed,
The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more
Than a delight measure or a dance;
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

I'll never
Be such a gosl...

I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand
As is a man were author of himself
And knew no other kin.

How many fond fools serve mad ...

How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!

I beseech you,
Wrest once...

I beseech you,
Wrest once the law to your authority:
To do a great right, do a little wrong.

Justice always whirls in equal...

Justice always whirls in equal measure.

Poise the cause in justice's e...

Poise the cause in justice's equal scales,
Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.

Too much to know is to know no...

Too much to know is to know nought but fame;
And every godfather can give a name.

Faith, I have been a truant in...

Faith, I have been a truant in the law
And never yet could frame my will to it,
And therefore frame the law unto my will.

When law can do no right,

When law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.

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I am a subject,
And I cha...

I am a subject,
And I challenge law. Attorneys are denied me,
And therefore personally I lay my claim
To my inheritance of free descent.

Headstrong liberty is lashed w...

Headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.

I must have liberty
Witha...

I must have liberty
Withal, as large a charter as the wind,
To blow on whom I please, for so fools have.

Why, headstrong liberty is las...

Why, headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.
There's nothing situate under heaven's eye
But hath his bound, in earth, in sea, in sky.

I bear a charmed life, which m...

I bear a charmed life, which must not yield
To one of woman born.

Scorn, at first, makes after-l...

Scorn, at first, makes after-love the more.

Wish chastely, and love dearly...

Wish chastely, and love dearly.

Love, therefore, and tongue-ti...

Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity
In least speak most, to my capacity.

But love that comes too late,<...

But love that comes too late,
Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried,
To the great sender turns a sour offense,
Crying, 'That's good that's gone.

Love's heralds should be thoug...

Love's heralds should be thoughts,
Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams
Driving back shadows over low'ring hills.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love,
And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.

Love thyself last, cherish tho...

Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee;
Corruption wins not more than honesty.