A fickle and capricious woman.

A fickle and capricious woman.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.

Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

There is more talke then trouble.

There is more talke then trouble.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.