How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.

A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Idle folks have the most labour.

Idle folks have the most labour.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?