Fie, fie, how frantically I square my talk!
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sell eternity to get a toy? For one grape who will the vine destroy?
The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.