Better is to bow than breake.

Better is to bow than breake.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

'Tis true no lover has that pow'r
T' enforce a desperate amour,
As he that has two read more

'Tis true no lover has that pow'r
T' enforce a desperate amour,
As he that has two strings t' his bow,
And burns for love and money too.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.

According to her cloth she cut her coat.

According to her cloth she cut her coat.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men read more

Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men and women),
Be worse provided than a common archer?

It is good the have a hatch before the durre.

It is good the have a hatch before the durre.