The soule needs few things, the body many.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.

He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.