For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.