How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within…

How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown,
Within whose circuit is Elysium,
And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.

Act I

Richard of Gloucester, scene ii

A little fire is quickly trodden out,
Which being suffer’d, rivers cannot quench. - View Quote Details on A little fire is quickly trodden out,
Which being suffer’d, rivers…
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each bush an officer. - View Quote Details on Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each…
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. - View Quote Details on The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Didst thou never hear
That things ill got had ever bad success?
And happy always was it for that son,
Whose father for his hoarding went to hell? - View Quote Details on Didst thou never hear
That things ill got had ever bad…
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber’d oak. - View Quote Details on And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and…
Warwick, peace!
Proud setter-up and puller-down of kings! - View Quote Details on Warwick, peace!
Proud setter-up and puller-down of kings!