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The inaudible and noiseless foot of time. - [Time] The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May, in the sworn twelve, have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try. - [Juries] The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me; the element shows to him as it doth to me; all his senses have but human conditions; his ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man; and though his affections are higher mounted than ours, yet, when they stoop, they stoop with the like wing. - [Equality : Kings] The king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse party want. - [Kings : Strength] The latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen guest. - [Feasting] The light wife doth make a heavy husband. - [Wives] The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness. - [Tears] The love of heaven makes one heavenly. - [Heaven] The man was noble, but with his last attempt he wiped it out, destroyed his country; and his name remains to the ensuing age abhorred. - [Treason] The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress. - [Opportunity] The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sagg with doubt, nor shake with fear. - [Courage] The mind of guilt is full of scorpions. - [Guilt] The moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven. - [Moon] The moon, the governess of floods, pale in her anger, washes all the air that rheumatic diseases do abound; and, through this distemperature, we see the seasons alter. - [Moon] The more pity that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even Christian. - [Suicide] The morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness. - [Dawn] The most patient man in loss, the most coldest that ever turned up ace. - [Gambling] The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him. - [Villainy] The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. - [Cowards] The nature of bad news affects the teller. - [News] The nightingale, if he should sing by day, when every goose is cackling, would be thought no better a musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are to their right praise and true perfection! - [Birds : Nightingales] The nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, And down goes all before them. - [War] The part was aptly fitted and naturally performed. - [Acting] The plants look up to heaven, from whence they have their nourishment. - [Flowers] The pleasantest angling is to see the fish cut with her golden oars the silver stream, and greedily devour the treacherous bait. - [Angling] Displaying page 48 of 186 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 [48] 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186
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