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For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.