Fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman; if she be too much wooed, she is the farther off.
Charles V
Do to others what you would have them do to you.
Bible
I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.
Queen s Mother Elizabeth
Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He comet up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Book Of Common Prayer
O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living.