By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.

Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.