If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.