My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.