Rashly,
And praised be ra...

Rashly,
And praised be rashness for it--let us know,
Our indiscretion sometime serves us well
When our deep plots do pall, and that should learn us
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will

For oaths are straws, men's fa...

For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes,
And hold-fast is the only dog.

Full of wise saws and modern i...

Full of wise saws and modern instances.

An old man, broken with the st...

An old man, broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye;
Give him a little earth for charity!

O wretched state! O bosom blac...

O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul that, struggling to be free, art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay! Bow, stubborn knees! and, heart with strings of steel, be soft as sinews of the new-born babe!

Experience teacheth us
Th...

Experience teacheth us
That resolution 's a sole help at need:
And this, my lord, our honour teacheth us,
That we be bold in every enterprise:
Then since there is no way, but fight or die,
Be resolute, my lord, for victory.

Put on
The dauntless spir...

Put on
The dauntless spirit of resolution.

The gates of monarchs
Are...

The gates of monarchs
Are arched so high that giants may jet through
And keep their impious turbans on without
Good morrow to the sun.

The king-becoming graces,

The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them, but abound
In the division of each several crime,
Acting in many ways.

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A substitute shines brightly a...

A substitute shines brightly as a king
Until a king be by, and then his state
Empties itself, as dot an inland brook
Into the main of waters.

All surfeit is the father of m...

All surfeit is the father of much fast.

To loathe the taste of sweetne...

To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof little more than a little is by much too much.

Wolves and bears, they say, ca...

Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.

Pardon, gentles all, the flat ...

Pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that have dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object.

Better conquest never canst th...

Better conquest never canst thou make than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts against giddy, loose suggestions.

To kill, I grant, is sin's ext...

To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust;
But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.

Love yourself; and in that lov...

Love yourself; and in that love not unconsidered leave your honor.

Self-love is the most inhibite...

Self-love is the most inhibited sin in the canon.

Men have marble, women waxen, ...

Men have marble, women waxen, minds.

Ingrateful man with liquorish ...

Ingrateful man with liquorish draughts, and morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind that from it all consideration slips.