Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. Speak comfortable words! Still constant is a wondrous excellence. The better part of valour is discretion. The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one. The earth has music for those who listen. The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion. Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. |