O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.

Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.