A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.

I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.