Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.

If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.