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To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
