Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.

The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.

We frolic while 'tis May.

We frolic while 'tis May.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

One hand washeth another, and both the face.

One hand washeth another, and both the face.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.