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.

In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]

In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

Savage bears agree with one another.

Savage bears agree with one another.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.

The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.