In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.

In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.