A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more

As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

Dearths foreseene come not.

Dearths foreseene come not.