Thou sayest well, and it holds well too, for the fortune of us that are the moon’s men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is, by the moon. as for proof now: a purse of gold most resolutely snatched on monday night and most dissolutely spent on tuesday morning, got with swearing "lay by" and spent with crying "bring in"; now in as low an ebb as the foot of the ladder, and by and by in as high a flow as the ridge of the gallows.'
is a dialogue between prince henry and in the play written by shakespeare.