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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.] 
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
 The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
 Is like a scorpion girt by fire.  
 The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
 Is like a scorpion girt by fire. 
 Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they 
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more 
 Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they 
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself. 
 Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, 
perfidious man.]  
 Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, 
perfidious man.] 
 Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
 Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.  
 Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
 Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. 
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.