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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.