He that is proud eats up himself; pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed devours the deed in the praise. T. and C. ii. 3. He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. T. of Athens, i. 1. He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer The worst that man can breathe, and make his wrongs His outsides; to wear them like his raiment, carelessly, And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart, To bring it into danger. T. of Athens, iii. 5. Honour and policy, like unsever'd friends, I' the war do grow together. Coriol. iii. 2. Hollow men, like horses hot at hand, Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; But when they should endure the bloody spur, They fall their crests, and, like deceit ful jades, Sink in the trial. J. Cæsar, iv. 2. He that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord Does conquer him that did his master conquer. Ant. and Cleo. iii. 13. How hard it is to hide the sparks of nature! Cymbeline, iii. 3. He that sleeps feels not the tooth ache. Cymbeline, v. 4. He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause. T. and C. i. 1. He was a wise fellow, and had good discretion that, being bid to ask what he would of the king, desired he might know none of his secrets. Pericles, i. 3. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child. Lear, i. 4. Have more than thou shewest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest. Lear, i. 4. He that has a house to put's head in has a good headpiece. Lear, iii. 2. He that is stricken blind cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight He that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Othello, iii. 3. He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know 't, and he's not robb'd at all. Othello, iii. 3. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the better fool. T. Night, i. 5. In delay there lies no plenty. T. Night, ii. 3. In the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells. T. G. of Ver. i. 1. Inconstancy falls off ere it begins. T. G. of Ver. v. 4. Indeed a sheep doth very often stray, An if the shepherd be a while away. T. G. of Ver. i. 1. |