appeases hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the general coin that purchases all things, the balance and weight that equals the shepherd with the king, and the simple with the wise.

He who loses wealth, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; but he that loses his courage, loses all.

Irresolute people let their soup grow cold between the plate and the mouth.

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

There is nothing costs less than civility.
Health and cheerfulness make beauty.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Evil falls on him who goes to seek it.

It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good

weapons.

SIR HENRY SAVILLE (1549-1622)

He who thinks his place below him will certainly be below his place.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1552-1618)

To live thy better, let thy worst thoughts die. Passions are likened best to floods and streams; The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

RICHARD HOOKER (1553-1600)

When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.

EDMUND SPENSER (1553-1599)

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.

Who will not mercy unto others show,
How can he mercy ever hope to have?

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (1554-1586)

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience. There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil.

LORD BACON (1561-1626)

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.

Aphorisms, except they be ridiculous, cannot be made but of the pith and heart of sciences.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Boldness is bad in counsel, but good in execution.

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE (1564-1616)

Do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect. Tempest

If our virtues did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike as if we had them not.

Measure for Measure

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

Measure for Measure

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.

Much Ado about Nothing

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time:
Some that will evermore peep through their eyes,
And laugh, like parrots, at a bag-piper;
And other of such vinegar aspect,

That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile,
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

Merchant of Venice

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in this naughty world.
Merchant of Venice

I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. Merchant of Venice

The quality of mercy is not strained,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven,
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes;
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.

We do pray for mercy:

Merchant of Venice

And that same prayer doth teach us all

To render the deeds of mercy.

Merchant of Venice

The man that hath no music in himself,

Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.

Merchant of Venice

Let gentleness thy strong enforcement be.

As You Like It

Your gentleness shall force more than move us to gentleness.

As You Like It

He that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends.

As You Like It

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as (by proof), we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.

Richard III

We must be gentle now we are gentlemen.

Taming of the Shrew

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,

To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper light

Twelfth Night

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

King John

And oftentimes excusing of a fault

Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

King John

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

King Henry IV

King Henry V

Self-love is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distil it out.

King Henry V

My crown is in my heart, not on my head,
Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen. My crown is called content:
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

King Henry VI

It is but a base, ignoble mind that mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?

King Henry VI

King Henry VI