The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.

The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.

Do what you should, not what you may.

Do what you should, not what you may.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.