They first condemn that first advised the ill.

Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.

Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle.

Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.