Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Waight and measure take away strife.

Waight and measure take away strife.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

A fickle and capricious woman.

A fickle and capricious woman.