Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

The body is more drest then the soule.

The body is more drest then the soule.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Who could be happy and alone or good?

Who could be happy and alone or good?