A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

This is no time for staring about.

This is no time for staring about.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

Vertue never growes old.

Vertue never growes old.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.

In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.