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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.