Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.