You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

We make allowance for necessity.

We make allowance for necessity.