He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.
In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.
Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
England is safe, if true within itself.
And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.