Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

The back-doore robs the house.

The back-doore robs the house.

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.