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 The miserable have no other medicine,
 But only hope:
  I have hope to live, and am prepared read more 
 The miserable have no other medicine,
 But only hope:
  I have hope to live, and am prepared to die. 
 Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which 
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more 
 Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which 
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and 
passion. 
 I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a 
Tartar.]  
 I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a 
Tartar.] 
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
 Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
 And gives to her mind what he steals from read more 
 Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
 And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth. 
 Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
 And thus the native hue of resolution
  Is sicklied read more 
 Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
 And thus the native hue of resolution
  Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
   And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
    With this regard their currents turn awry,
     And lose the name of action. 
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.