Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

He that lives most dies most.

He that lives most dies most.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.