Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

All is well ended, if the suit be won.

All is well ended, if the suit be won.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Nature drawes more then ten teemes.

Nature drawes more then ten teemes.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.