It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.