Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.