e,
There's nothing differs but the outward fame.
King Richard III. -- I. 4.
QUARRELS.
In a false quarrel these is no true valor.
Much Ado About Nothing -- V. 1.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
King Henry VI., Part 2d -- III. 2.
RAGE.
Men in rage strike those that wish them best.
Othello -- II. 3.
REPENTANCE.
Men shall deal unadvisedly sometimes,
Which after-hours give leisure to repent.
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.
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