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The picklock that never fails. - [Money] The soul is strong that trusts in goodness. - [Goodness] Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee. - [Cupid] 'Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet. - [Death] To all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife. - [Husbands] To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us. - [Despair : Doubt] True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. - [Dignity] Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness. - [Virtue] Why here's a villain, Able to corrupt a thousand by example. - [Villainy] Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted. - [Company] You have not, as good patriots should do, studied The public good, but your particular ends: Factious among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skill'd in all the principles That usher to destruction. - [Statesmen] Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further, but they have new creators, God tailor and god mercer. - A Very Woman (act III, sc. 1, l. 161) [Tailors] Death hath a thousand door to let life out. I shall find one. - A Very Woman (act V, sc. 4) [Death] What a fine man Hath your tailor made you! - City Madam (act I, sc. 2) [Tailors] Be wise; Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. - Duke of Milan (act I, sc. 2, l. 45) [Wisdom] And, but herself, admits no parallel. - Duke of Milan (act IV, sc. 3) [Character] As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred Can bring more to the making up of a man, Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature; And did he not, each morning, new create thee, Thou'dst stink and be forgotten. - Fatal Dowry (act III, sc. 1) [Tailors] Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. - Great Duke (act II, sc. 3) [Promises] But in our Sanazarro 'tis not so, He being pure and tried gold; and any stamp Of grace, to make him current to the world, The duke is pleased to give him, will add honour To the great bestower; for he, though allow'd Companion to his master, still preserves His majesty in full lustre. - Great Duke of Florence (act I, sc. 1) [Man] Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And it is a maxim Allowed among them, so they may deceive, They may swear anything; for the queen of love, As they hold constantly, does never punish, But smile, at lovers' perjuries. - Great Duke of Florence (act II, sc. 3) [Love] What a sea Of melting ice I walk on! - Maid of Honor (act III, sc. 3) [Danger] What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted! - Maid of Honor (act V, sc. 2) [Innocence] I will now court her in the conqueror's style; "Come, see, and overcome." - Maid of Honour (act II, sc. 1) [Wooing] He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it, And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour. This life's a fort committed to my trust, Which I must not yield up, till it be forced: Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears calamity. - Maid of Honour (act IV, sc. 3) [Cowardice : Suicide] If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. - New Way to pay Old Debts (act II, sc. 1) [Suicide] Displaying page 2 of 3 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3
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