Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

All our pompe the earth covers.

All our pompe the earth covers.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.