Tag: Histories

  • November 18

    November 18

    And thus I clothe my naked villainy
    With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ;
    And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

  • November 11

    November 11

    We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
    For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
    Shall be my brother.

  • November 8

    November 8

    If all the year were playing holidays,
    To sport would be as tedious as to work.

  • November 2

    November 2

    Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee:
    Corruption wins not more than honesty.
    Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
    To silence envious tongues.

  • November 1

    November 1

    When Fortune means to men most good,
    She looks upon them with a threat’ning eye.

  • October 23

    October 23

    Be to yourself
    As you would to your friend.

  • October 20

    October 20

    True nobility is exempt from fear.