Than such a Roman.—Shakespeare.
There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.—Shakespeare.
Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.—Milton.
Now morn, her rosy steps in eastern clime
Advancing, sow’d the earth with orient pearl.—Milton.
So may’st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop
Into thy mother’s lap.—Milton.