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You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.