Part 56

King Richard III. -- IV. 4.

REPUTATION.

The purest treasure mortal times afford, Is--spotless reputation; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. A jewel in a ten-times-barred-up chest I-- a bold spirit in a loyal breast.

King Richard II. -- I. 1.

RETRIBUTION.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us.

King Lear -- V. S.

If these men have defeated the law, and outrun native punishment, though they can outstrip men, they have no wings to fly from God.

King Henry V. -- IV. 1.

SCARS.

A sear nobly got, or a noble scar, is a good livery of honor.

All's Well that Ends Well -- IV. 6.

To such as boasting show their scars, A mock is due.

Troilus and Cressida -- IV. 5.

SELF-CONQUEST.

Better conquest never can'st thou make, Than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts Against those giddy loose suggestions.

King John -- III. 1.

SELF-EXERTION.

Men at some time are masters of their fates; The fault is not in our stars, But in ourselves.

Julius Caesar -- I. 2.

SELF-RELIANCE.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven: the fated sky Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.

All's Well that Ends Well -- I. 1.

SILENCE.

Out of this silence, yet I picked a welcome; And in the modesty of fearful duty I read as much, as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence.

Midsummer Night's Dream -- V. 1.

The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails.

Winter's Tale -- II. 2.