Who could be happy and alone or good?

Who could be happy and alone or good?

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.