Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.