ACTION.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook,
Unless the deed go with it.
Macbeth, Act. iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
If our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched,
But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence.
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor—
Both thanks and use.
Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
We must not stint
Our necessary actions, in the fear
To cope malicious censurers.
King Henry VIII., Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
That light we see is burning in my hall.
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Our acts our angels are, or good or ill.
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
An Honest Man's Fortune. J. FLETCHER.