The first dish pleaseth all.

The first dish pleaseth all.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

He that burnes most shines most.

He that burnes most shines most.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!