How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

All covet, all lose.

All covet, all lose.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

Wine and women bring misery.

Wine and women bring misery.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.