All things in their beeing are good for something.

All things in their beeing are good for something.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.

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.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.