Short boughs, long vintage.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

A house and a woman sute excellently.

A house and a woman sute excellently.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.