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Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.