A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

Conquer thyself, till thou hast done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

He was, as has been well said, an Elizabethan born out of time; in the days of Drake his very faults might have counted to his credit.

Haply the Law that rules the world allows to man the widest range; And haply Fate's a Theist-word, subject to human chance and change. This 'I' may find a futu…